Chapter Summaries

Duan De and Feilian traced an Innate Demon God's tomb to a glacier beyond the Far North, while Kunpeng's army marched to attack the Demon Court. The chapter ended with Duan De identifying a hidden stone as the tomb's entrance.

• Kunpeng sent Qiongqi, Chimei, and his Demon Race army toward Northern Jambudvipa to settle his grudge with Dijun.
• Duan De and Feilian emerged from the Taixu Pagoda after using divination to locate the tomb through its connection to the Hetu Luoshu Diagram.
• Duan De warned that Kunpeng might have sensed the divination and prepared a Formation Array before he and Feilian set out to find the tomb.
• Feilian questioned whether the barren, chaotic glacier could contain a tomb, but Duan De used his knowledge of feng shui and tomb robbing to search the area.
• Duan De found a thumb-sized stone concealing the trace of Chaos Qi and identified it as the entrance to the tomb.

Duan De and Feilian entered a hidden tomb and discovered that its magnificent gate was the Ancient Demon Court’s Southern Heavenly Gate. Their find suggested the Demon Race had uncovered the tomb and left something there, so they flew inside to investigate.

• Duan De and Feilian entered the Chaos-colored stone’s hidden space, while Kunpeng sensed someone had manifested the Hetu Luoshu Diagram and used it for divination.
• Kunpeng reverse-divined the disturbance, found Duan De’s array on a glacier, destroyed it, and ordered the Far North’s demon cities to search for intruders.
• Duan De and Feilian reached the tomb’s golden entrance, and Feilian recognized it as the Southern Heavenly Gate of the Ancient Demon Court.
• Duan De reasoned that the Demon Race might have found the tomb and placed the gate there after the Witch-Demon War, and Feilian resolved to investigate its secret.
• Duan De and Feilian flew through the Southern Heavenly Gate, which guided them into the space beyond.

Duan De and Feilian explored a hidden world inhabited by Divine Beast Races and learned that its savage conditions followed the Barbaric Beast Tribe’s cultivation system. They suspected Eastern Emperor Taiyi had created it, and their search led them toward a distant palace complex.

• Duan De calmed Feilian, who explained that the Su Yue Rhinoceroses had killed his younger brother and that he had found their clan hiding in the world.
• Duan De concealed himself and Feilian with the Taixu Pagoda and discovered that the vast realm was a medium world where ordinary demons served as prey and food for the Divine Beast Races.
• Duan De and Feilian realized the Divine Beast Races followed the Barbaric Beast Tribe’s path, which prized survival of the strongest.
• Duan De and Feilian witnessed the world’s brutal struggle for survival as demons and Divine Beasts preyed on one another.
• Feilian suspected Eastern Emperor Taiyi had built the world, and Duan De sensed danger and hid them as they spotted palaces in the distance.

Duan De and Feilian witnessed the Demon Race and Divine Beasts roar beneath the ruined palaces of the old Demon Court, then saw a blood-red palace emerge in the darkened sky with nine chained Golden Crows. The Golden Crows appeared dead, leaving Duan De stunned by the sight of the long-missing bodies.

• Feilian explained that Eastern Emperor Taiyi had ranked 365 palaces by strength and used them to spur his followers to grow stronger.
• Demon Race warriors emerged from the ruined palaces, and the Demon Race and Divine Beasts roared together.
• The golden light faded, the sky darkened, and Duan De suspected that the sun and moon were reversing their positions.
• A black palace marked with blood-red crescents appeared in the sky, with chains stretching through the darkness.
• Duan De and Feilian recognized nine chained, apparently dead Three-Legged Golden Crows, whose bodies had vanished after Hou Yi shot them down.

Duan De and Feilian discovered that the world was a Blood Sun Firmament and saw Taiyi’s Sun Palace being pulled by the nine dead Golden Crow Princes. As blood rained from the palace and the Demon Race and Divine Beast Races drank it eagerly, they wondered what Taiyi was doing in the deathtrap.

• Duan De and Feilian found the Nine-headed Golden Crow pulling a palace and learned the Demon Race had never recovered the bodies of the nine Golden Crows.
• Duan De identified the world as a Blood Sun Firmament, a vast deadly formation suited to the burial ground of an Innate Demon God.
• Feilian recognized the palace as Taiyi’s Sun Palace, and the pair heard cries welcoming the Eastern Emperor despite the formation remaining unchanged.
• Duan De guessed Taiyi might be transforming his Golden Crow body from fierce yang into absolute yin by using the deathly cold of the burial ground.
• The nine Golden Crow Princes pulled the Sun Palace downward until it stopped, and blood poured from the palace as rain.
• The Demon Race and Divine Beast Races eagerly drank the blood rain, while Duan De wondered what Taiyi was trying to accomplish.

Duan De and Feilian discovered that Eastern Emperor Taiyi had used Barbaric Beast Blood Essence to transform the Demon Race and Divine Beasts, then prepared to leave and report the secret. The world began collapsing, revealing the imprisoned Chaos Water Phoenix beneath the mountains, which struggled against chains connected to the palaces.

• After the bloody rain drove the Demon Race and Divine Beasts into a frenzy, Feilian identified it as diluted Barbaric Beast Blood Essence.
• Feilian explained that Taiyi was trying to create Fierce Beasts by giving the Demon Race and Divine Beasts Barbaric Beast bloodlines.
• Duan De and Feilian decided to return to Xuanming Ancestral Shaman and report what they had discovered.
• The mountains and palaces began to shatter, and Chaos Water burst from beneath them in the form of a Phoenix.
• Feilian recognized the Chaos Water Phoenix as the creature that had vanished after emerging at Fallen Phoenix Slope, and it roared while struggling against chains from the palaces.

Duan De and Feilian witnessed the Sun Palace use the Chaos Water Phoenix and Solar True Flame to cleanse and empower the frenzied beasts, while Feilian feared the demons were being prepared to challenge the Wu Clan. The Sun Palace then unleashed a Ten Suns Formation, and Feilian recognized the Golden Crow within as Taiyi.

• The 365 Great Demons used Star Suppression of Heaven to bind the Chaos Water Phoenix and pin it beneath chains of stars.
• The Chaos Water Phoenix’s Chaos Water collided with the Sun Palace’s Solar True Flame, producing rain that restored the beasts’ senses and strengthened them.
• Duan De concluded that the rain cleansed Fiendish Qi and left Solar True Flame in the beasts, while Feilian warned that Taiyi might be training an army to rival the Wu Clan.
• A Three-Clan Golden Crow’s silhouette appeared within the Sun Palace, and Feilian identified it as Taiyi.
• The Sun Palace’s flames set the nine-headed Golden Crow corpses ablaze, forming a Ten Suns Formation that scorched the land.

Duan De realized the nine dead Golden Crows were being controlled as Corpse Soldiers and were absorbing Death Qi and heat from the Sun Palace, possibly to revive Taiyi. After the palace drained the Chaos Water Phoenix’s cold air and vanished, the 365 Great Demons sealed the weakened Phoenix underground.

• Duan De explained to Feilian that someone had refined the nine dead Golden Crows into Corpse Soldiers that consumed Death Qi and heat from the Sun Palace.
• Duan De speculated that Taiyi might be using the Golden Crows to revive himself, though the corpse inside the palace could belong to an Innate Demon God.
• Black chains emerged from the Sun Palace, pierced the Chaos Water Phoenix’s icy body, and drained its cold air into the palace.
• Duan De refused Feilian’s suggestion that they enter the Sun Palace, saying the danger and the 365 Great Demons’ formation made it too risky.
• The nine Golden Crows and the Sun Palace vanished into the sky as chains dragged the weakened Chaos Water Phoenix toward the ground.
• The 365 Great Demons bound the Chaos Water Phoenix with their Star Seal and buried it beneath the earth as the mountain ranges closed over it.

Duan De and Feilian discovered that the Demon Court’s Southern Heavenly Gate had sealed them inside a strange world, cutting off their escape and their messages to Ren. Feilian prepared to fight the Demon Race while Duan De resolved to explore and wait for a chance to leave.

• After the mountains and palaces restored themselves, Feilian urged Duan De to leave and spread word about the Demon Race.
• Duan De flew the Taixu Pagoda through the Southern Heavenly Gate, but they remained trapped inside the world.
• Feilian explained that the gate had sealed space, making escape by teleportation or breaking through space too dangerous.
• Duan De tried to contact Ren through the Firmament Ledger, but his divine sense could not reach him.
• Feilian explained that controlling the gate required refining the Demon Court Origin, which only a few Demon Emperors could do.
• Feilian vowed to attack the Divine Beast Races, while Duan De chose to explore and wait for someone to leave.

Ren spent ten thousand years cultivating in the Wu Clan’s Blood Pool, refining Innate Spiritual Treasures to temper his body. As he approached a breakthrough, he devoured vast stores of Fiendish Qi and other energy, and Xuanming offered Dijiang’s statue to fuel his progress.

• Ren used the Heaven-Earth Cauldron and three powerful flames to refine more than two thousand Innate Spiritual Treasures, absorbing most of their Origin to strengthen his body.
• Ren swallowed the Fiendish Qi filling the Ancestral Witch Hall and asked Xuanming for more energy to complete his breakthrough.
• Ren’s Reincarnation phantom turned seven times, forming seven phantoms as his body-tempering art advanced toward its Ninth Revolution.
• Xuanming dissolved her Fiendish Qi statue and poured its energy into Ren when the surrounding Fiendish Qi and her accumulated resources proved insufficient.
• Xuanming sent Dijiang’s statue dissolving into Fiendish Qi toward Ren.

Ren broke through to Reincarnation Eighth Turn after Xuanming gave him Dijiang’s final Essence Blood, gaining a trace of immortality and Dijiang’s Space Talent. Xuanming suggested Ren might eventually inherit all twelve Ancestral Shamans’ talents and help revive the Wu Clan, while Ren changed the subject to the Yellow Plum delivered to Emperor Zun.

• Ren nearly abandoned his breakthrough, but Xuanming urged him to continue and sent Dijiang’s Essence Blood into his body.
• Dijiang’s Essence Blood helped Ren complete his eighth revolution, stabilizing his body at Eighth Turn Initial Stage and granting him a trace of immortality.
• Ren inherited Dijiang’s Space Talent, which fused into his bone marrow and became part of his bloodline ability.
• Xuanming explained that Ren might be able to fuse with all twelve Ancestral Shamans’ Essence Blood and help the Wu Clan evolve or recreate Pangu’s phantom.
• Ren dismissed the idea of creating the Wu Clan and asked Xuanming about the Yellow Plum; she confirmed Xingtian and other Great Shamans had delivered it safely to Emperor Zun.

Ren told Xuanming that the Yellow Plum could repair Duan De and the others’ incomplete foundations, then learned they had disappeared in the Far North and could not be reached. As Ren arranged a search, Kunpeng grew enraged by someone repeatedly using the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to calculate the same matter, and the latest result described his own transformation and migration.

• Ren explained to Xuanming that the Yellow Plum could strengthen Duan De and the others without requiring them to reincarnate and rebuild their foundations.
• Xuanming told Ren that Kunpeng’s forces had seized the Immortal-Trapping Alliance and were fighting the other alliances, while avoiding Wu Clan and Ren’s resources.
• Ren sent Jiang Chen a message about joining Kunpeng against Dijun, then discovered he could not contact Duan De and learned from the Sky Ranking that Duan De had vanished in the Far North with Feilian.
• Ren decided to send Interception Immortals to search for Duan De and Feilian, while warning Xuanming that the Wu Clan should not provoke Kunpeng during the investigation.
• Kunpeng cursed whoever kept using the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to calculate the same matter, then saw its latest result describe the legendary Kun transforming into Peng and migrating south.

Kunpeng tracked the two intruders to a frozen wasteland and discovered a hidden space that appeared to be linked to an Innate Demon God. Inside, he found the Demon Court's Southern Heavenly Gate and prepared to open it, suspecting a connection to Dijun or Taiyi.

• A Demon Race member told Kunpeng that a Snow Demon had seen the two intruders heading toward the Far North.
• Kunpeng took the Snow Demon to the frozen wasteland, used the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to trace the intruders' auras, and found a Chaos-colored stone.
• Kunpeng summoned the Far Northern Demon Race army and entered the hidden space through a passage opened at the stone.
• Kunpeng and his commanders discovered the Demon Court's Southern Heavenly Gate inside the space.
• Kunpeng suspected Dijun or Taiyi was behind the gate's appearance and began preparing to open it.

Duan De’s scheme finally brought Kunpeng to the hidden realm, where Kunpeng discovered a vast population of Fierce Beasts and suspected Dijun was behind the Sun Palace. A figure emerged from the palace and identified himself as Taiyi, leaving Ren and Xuanming uncertain about the realm’s connection to Northern Jambudvipa.

• Duan De sent Ren a message about the hidden realm after Kunpeng arrived through the Southern Heavenly Gate.
• Kunpeng surveyed the Sun Palace and the Fierce Beasts, then accused Dijun of creating the realm and turning the Nine-headed Golden Crow’s corpse into a weapon.
• Ren and Xuanming received Duan De’s information and wondered whether the realm belonged to Dijun or Taiyi.
• A voice from the Sun Palace claimed to be Taiyi, and its followers chanted for their emperor.
• A black-robed man emerged from the Sun Palace and locked gazes with Kunpeng.

Taiyi revealed that he had transformed his Solar Origin into Lunar Origin and accused Dijun of manipulating him, taking his achievements, and stealing the woman he loved. Kunpeng heard Taiyi’s account of their history, but the truth of Taiyi’s claims remained uncertain.

• Taiyi shocked Kunpeng and the gathered witnesses by revealing that he had changed his Solar Origin into Lunar Origin.
• Taiyi proposed that he and Kunpeng join forces against Dijun, but Kunpeng questioned his trustworthiness and asked how Dijun had obtained the Chaos Bell.
• Taiyi claimed that he had won the Demon Court’s victories and secured Dijun’s throne, while Dijun took credit because he was the elder brother.
• Ren asked Xuanming whether Taiyi’s account of the Demon Court’s conquests was true, and Xuanming said it might be.
• Taiyi claimed that Dijun had stolen a trace of his Origin and used it to control his decisions, take the woman he loved, and hinder his cultivation.
• Kunpeng was shocked by Taiyi’s accusations, while Duan De condemned Dijun’s alleged treachery.

Taiyi revealed how Dijun had betrayed him and asked Kunpeng to help rebuild the Demon Court, but Kunpeng challenged his claim and the feasibility of the plan. Taiyi exposed Duan De and Feilian as listeners, and Duan De admitted that he had drawn Kunpeng to them through the Hetu Luoshu Diagram before trying to leave.

• Taiyi asked Kunpeng to join him in rebuilding the Demon Court and reclaiming what he had lost.
• Kunpeng refused to support Taiyi unless he received the Demon Emperor position, citing the wrongs done to him in the past.
• Taiyi argued that Kunpeng valued the Great Dao more than power and explained how the Chaos Bell had revealed Kunpeng's connection to Yang Mei's inheritance.
• Kunpeng warned that rebuilding the Demon Court would provoke conflict and that Ren and Dijun would not stand aside.
• Taiyi and Kunpeng noticed Duan De and Feilian hiding nearby, and Duan De revealed himself and admitted using the Hetu Luoshu Diagram to summon Kunpeng.

Taiyi tried to recruit Duan De and Ren into a cooperation against Dijun, but Ren rejected the offer because it would damage his ties with the Wu Clan and obstruct his plans for the Chaos Bell. Duan De relayed the refusal while teasing Taiyi about Ren and Xuanming, and Taiyi then proposed cooperating directly with the Wu Clan.

• Taiyi confronted Duan De over raiding Demon God tombs, and Duan De insisted he had been conducting archaeology.
• Taiyi proposed cooperating with Ren, but Feilian angrily recalled his twin brother Feimu, who had died saving him in the war against the Demon Race.
• Ren considered Taiyi's offer and rejected it, judging that cooperation would harm his relationship with the Wu Clan and conflict with his goal of obtaining the Chaos Bell.
• Ren warned Xuanming to be ready to take Duan De and Feilian to the Far North if danger arose, then sent Duan De his decision.
• Duan De told Taiyi that Ren was having a pleasant conversation with Xuanming, provoking gossip and irritating Ren.
• Taiyi laughed at Duan De's remark and asked him to tell Xuanming that he was willing to cooperate with the Wu Clan; Kunpeng grew wary of Taiyi's willingness to set aside old hatreds for interest.

Taiyi exchanged the news of Zhu Jiuyin’s survival for Duan De’s cultivation method and understanding of the Death Dao, revealing that Zhu Jiuyin would revive and return to the Wu Clan within a hundred years. Ren recognized Taiyi’s cunning, while Xuanming took hope from the news, and Ren decided to stay and watch what happened next.

• Taiyi revealed that Zhu Jiuyin was still alive, and Xuanming was startled by the news.
• Ren and Duan De realized Taiyi’s offer of cooperation had been a tactic to set up a separate bargain.
• Taiyi traded his information about Zhu Jiuyin for Duan De’s cultivation method and understanding of the Death Dao.
• Duan De learned that Zhu Jiuyin would revive in the Void Realm and return to the Wu Clan within a hundred years, a claim Taiyi backed with a Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Xuanming recalled Zhu Jiuyin’s mastery of the Time Great Dao and hoped his return would strengthen the Wu Clan.
• Ren contacted Duan De and Jiang Chen, then told Xuanming they should stay and continue watching.

Taiyi revealed that the nine dead Golden Crows were Dijun’s children, whom he had deliberately framed and allowed to die as revenge for Dijun stealing his Origin. He left Kunpeng and the others stunned with the revelation that Lu Ya was actually Taiyi’s son.

• Taiyi explained that he had refined the nine dead Golden Crows into corpse soldiers using Duan De’s Death Emperor Scripture.
• Kunpeng condemned Taiyi for turning the Golden Crow corpses into weapons, believing they were Taiyi’s children.
• Taiyi clarified that the nine Golden Crows were Dijun’s descendants and recounted the affair with Xihe that Kunpeng already knew about.
• Ren and Xuanming reacted with shock and contempt as they watched the revelation unfold.
• Duan De warned Feilian to stay alert in case Taiyi and Kunpeng silenced them for learning the Demon Court’s secrets.
• Taiyi revealed that Dijun had stolen his Origin, so he altered the nine Golden Crows’ auras, manipulated Dijun into suspecting them, and let them die; Lu Ya was his true son.

Taiyi revealed how Dijun had stolen Xihe from him and how he retaliated by arranging for Dijun’s sons to be killed, while raising Lu Ya as Dijun’s heir. Taiyi declared Dijun his enemy and challenged him to appear, and Dijun emerged from Sky Ranking to face him.

• Taiyi told Kunpeng that Dijun had impersonated him to marry Xihe, prompting Taiyi to scheme against Dijun’s nine sons.
• Taiyi revealed that he had altered Lu Ya’s Origin so Dijun would treat him as his own son and entrust him with the Demon Race’s inheritances.
• Kunpeng warned Taiyi not to use lower-class demons as cannon fodder, while Taiyi said he intended to destroy Dijun and claim the Demon Race’s orthodoxy.
• Taiyi challenged Dijun, and a rift opened in Sky Ranking as the Chaos Bell flew out.
• Dijun emerged from the Chaos Bell, denied feeling guilty, and confronted Taiyi with a question about his authority to judge him.